Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Fallen Star
Michael Dahl · 2012
70/100
👍 Worth It
Michael Dahl sticks the landing on a four-book arc that middle-grade fantasy fans who've been along for the ride will find satisfying — the stakes escalate appropriately and the series earns its cosmic finale. The catch is that this is entirely inaccessible without the preceding three books, and the world-building is compressed by the short volume format. Dedicated series readers: yes. Newcomers: start at book one.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety88
substance65
craft68
originality65
accuracy75
hype68
age-fit85
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict70
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